Congratulations to a couple of coaches that have been at Opelika High school in the past. Both have moved this year as Coach Brian Blackmon has moved from Troy to UCF and Coach Caleb Ross is moving from Prattville to Troy. Good Luck to you both.
Pictured: Left to Right: Coach Blackmon, Deandra Butler, Caleb Ross
Deandre Butler Signs with Jax State Coach Blackmon & Coach Caleb Ross 2/7/18 National Signing Day
2021/02/03 Nine Opelika High School seniors sign scholarship today.
Football Scholarships:
Basketball Scholarships:
Congratulations to these fine athletes:
Coach Jim Davis’s recap of the night:
Tonight we hosted the Prattville Lions and Reeltown Rebels in the friendly confines of MainStreet Gym here on the Beautiful Opelika High School campus.
Tonight was Senior Night so Coach Davis implored all the Dawgs to give their absolute best efforts so our lone Senior, Adam Phillips, would have a great memory of his last time to wrestle in MainStreet and the Dawgs responded.
Our first duel was against the Lions who were a few men short in their lineup therefore we had only 8 real matches and received 24 points in forfeits from the Lions. The Dawgs still won 6 of the 8 matches and took a 60-12 victory to the locker room while we waited on Prattville and Reeltown to wrestle.
In our second Dual, we faced off against the Reeltown Rebels. The Rebels also came in a few men short of a full lineup and ended up giving us 36 points in forfeits, but of the 6 matches wrestled, our Dawgs put the whooping on the Rebels shutting them out 69-0.
The 2-0 night brings our season record to 10-12 with only three matches left in the regular season. We travel to Auburn Thursday night to face the talented Tigers, a strong Homewood Patriots bunch, and the very tough Russell County Warriors squad. After Thursday’s quad match, our regular season comes to a close and we will begin preparing for the AHSAA State Traditional Championship Tournament.
Tonights top individual performances:
It was good mat time for all the Dawgs this evening. Hope to see you as many of you rabid Dawgs fans in Auburn as physical distancing and Covid restrictions will allow.
Go Dawgs!!!!
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 Jim DavisUS/World History Teacher/Head Wrestling Coach/Asst Football Coach |
In a hard played game, Opelika fell short in the last seconds of the game. With 11 seconds on the clock with Opelika trailing 63 to 66 against Eufaula, Jayden Cooper got the ball and pulled up and hit a 3 pointer. Eufaula ran down the court and throw the ball up from the right side over 3 Opelika defenders. The ball bounced around the goal and fell in with “0” on the clock giving Eufaula the win.
It was announced today and confirmed by Opelika High Principal Dr. Farrell Seymore, that after the resignation of 1st year Coach Emmanuel Brown that Assistant Coach Wesley Button has been named interim head coach of the boys Opelika High School basketball team. Coach Button has been with the Opelika team for six years. He had also served under OHS Coach John Wadsworth but he moved to Enterprise to take a coaching position at Enterprise High School.
Coach Button will take the team to Auburn High School on 1/5/21 to take on the Baby Tigers.
Breaking News tonight From D Mark Mitchell: He is hearing that First-Year Opelika Head Basketball Coach Emmanuel Brown has resigned. Opelika boys basketball team is off to a 0-5 record and play Auburn High on Tuesday night in Auburn. It appears Assistant coach Wesley Button will take over as “Interim Head Coach”. More details later
9:15 O twitter D Mark Mitchell made the following announcement.
“Opelika High Principal Dr. Farrell Seymore CONFIRMED the resignation of Emmanuel Brown as head Basketball coach! @FarrellSeymore said Coach Wesley Button will assume the head coaching duties, becoming an interim head coach.” @OpelikaHoops@OpelikaHigh@opelikaschools
